St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-04-21

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addresses, etc, will be had, followed
with cake and coffee. Invitations to =
friends will he extended.
Charles ID. Pike was liberated from
the Newport Jail Saturday, his bail be- B
ing furnished by Capt. P. d. BlOdgett Il
and Avery d. Pike of st. Johnsbury.
Mr.. Pike came to st. JOhnsbury and n
returned to the West Monday. N
Among the eight new savings
banks and trust companies that have :
been chartered i'm this state during the
last five years, two belong to this
county, the Lyndon savings bank and 8,
the st. JOhnsbury trust company.
Three turkeys that together weigh Ii
ed 100 pounds were among the sub n
stantials delivered from the Fairbanks r
store to the st. JOhnsbury house this "
week. One OF them weighed 35 pounds
dressed. Nothing small about that. 81
The MemphremagOg house at New
port is undergoing repairs. 1t is gen.
orally thought that with the change in
control of the Passumpsic railroad !,
greater effort will be made to adver- =
tise and boom this as a summer resort. =,
The old folks dance under the au N
spices of the ladies' relief corps, G.. A.
R., in the opera house Friday evening o
proved a great success adding over II
800 to the treasury of the post. Over tt
100 couples were on the floor and the a
galleries well filled.
This section was visited with :,
nice little snow storm Monday night
the ground being well covered Tues
day morning. The first part of the
week has been sunshiny but raw and
cold and, taken altogether, spring +
springs slow. .
1t seems to be settled that j. w L
Haskell will be the liquor agent here T
in place of Mr.. Morrison, Mr.. Haskell G
assuming the duties of the Office May I
|. If a change is to be made it is
doubtful if better man for the place f
could be found. \
Mrs. Martha, wife of Orange Har-
vey of Summerville died very sudden j
| ly Monday. She was taken sick at A a
a. m. and died at IL. Though not per- t
fectly well she had not complained of {
being particularly i'll until Monday 8
morning. She was 20 years old. {
Osborn Chase, mine host at the y.
academy boarding house, had birth ,
day anniversary Saturday and it was
celebrated in the evening with a sup
per and social evening. Some so
plates were spread, fine supper was
81. IA, ~"d n hAcihalv social evening
was the result. I
Our attention has been called to
the quite sizeable manure heaps that
have frozen into such substantial shape
that they seem likely to last all sum-
mer, at the entrance to the depot on ;
the west side. When the depot inte-
rior is fixed up these little things will
be looked after
The big and high brick chimney {
that has stood for years on the site of
the old steam mill at the depot was
taken down last week. The bricks at
the base of the chimney and on the
south side were taken out when the
chimney fell with decidedly dull
thud but doing no damage.
M. C. Stenson, clerk in P. A.
Roach's store, and Mary, daughter of
F. COakley, were married by Rev.
Boissonnault at the Catholic church
last Tuesday. They spend a week or
two in SherbroOke and other parts of
Canada. On their return they will re-
side at Mr.. Coakley's on Maple street.
The opinion that Arson II. Wheel
er, who was killed at Barton last week,
committed suicide is confirmed by
letter which he left, addressed to his
father, Orrin II. Wheeler of WestmOre-
} land in which he says: "Dear Father
and Mother: expect to be killed in
, riot tonight. If am, good by"
There was an accident on the Cen
J trail road at SwantOn Junction this
morning. One freight train ran into
: another and D cars are reported
} wrecked. Later reports will probably
reduce the damage done, but it is quite
, an accident. Passenger trains are run
: ming over the old reliable ST. j. & l..
C. road while repairs are being made.
: The Newport Express says of st.
Johnsbury institution: "The new citi
!, zens' bank at st. JOhnsbury seems to
be acquiring popular favor very rap
idly. Its organization was only per-
= fected last January, and already it's
deposits amount to overs 900. Men
of established reputation are at its
e head and fine business career is evil |
n IDENTIFY before it,"
Asa L. Hurlbutt died on Friday |
aged 81. Mr.. Hurlbutt was a native of
Waterford. He enlisted in 90 in the |
a 18th VT, serving months. For some
G years since the war he was proprietor
! of the East Village hotel. He has been
: more or less of an invalid for six or
eight years and has been confined tn
the bed for nine months past. He
= leaves a widow and an adopted daugh-